Rodelinda

International Orchestra of Italy

November 6, 2010, 1:00 pm

Composer: George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Diego Fasolis

Cast: Sonia Ganassi (Rodelinda); Franco Fagioli (Bertarido); Paolo Fanale (Grimoaldo); Gezim Myshketa (Garibaldo); Marina de Liso (Eduige); Antonio Giovannini (Unulfo)

Handel wrote so many operas brimming with great music -- more than 40, altogether -- that many of them, like Rodelinda, seldom get a proper listen. A moving performance by Sonia Ganassi highlights this production from the Palazzo Ducale in Martina Franca, at the sunny southern tip of Italy.

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